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2015 Women's Lacrosse

19 Emily Goss

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Morristown
  • Hometown Morristown, NJ

Biography

  • Career Statistics
  • Four-year starter (started all 63 games in her career)
  • Prolific scorer who ended her career fourth in goals scored (173) and fifth in total points (188) and shot attempts (341) in Royals' history
  • Also finished her career 10th in draw controls (109), tied for 14th in caused turnovers (49), and tied for 24th in ground balls (90) in Scranton history
  • Four-time All-Landmark Conference selection (1st team in 2013 & 2015; 2nd team in 2012 & 2014)
  • Three-time Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll recipient
  • Played on the Royals' field hockey team for two seasons (2012, 2013)

Senior Year (2015)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 16 games
  • Earned first-team All-Landmark Conference honors for the second time in her career by leading the Royals in goals scored (38) and finishing second in total points (44)
  • Also recorded 27 ground balls, 27 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers
  • Scored a career-high eight goals on 13 shot attempts in leading the Royals to an 18-9 victory over Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, on March 28, which tied a Landmark Conference single-game record and tied for the third-most in Royals' history
  • Scored at least one goal in 15 games and had eight multi-goal games
  • Scored five goals, including two in the final 11 minutes of play, as the Royals overcame a 10-7 second half deficit to defeat Susquehanna on April 2 at Fitzpatrick Field, which was Scranton's first win over the Crusaders since 2011
  • In a 16-10 loss to Susquehanna in the semifinals of the Landmark tournament at Fitzpatrick Field on April 29--Scranton's first-ever Landmark tournament game at home--scored three goals and had an assist
  • Was named Landmark Conference Offensive Athlete of the Week, on March 30 and April 6
  • Converted 8 of 17 shot attempts into goals
  • 58 of her 74 shot attempts were on goal (78.4 percent)
  • Finished sixth in goals and free-position shots, seventh in shots on goal, and ninth in shot attempts in the Landmark Conference

Junior Year (2014)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started 14 games up front at attack
  • Led Royals in goals with 40 and finished second on the team in total points with 41 and shot attempts with 88
  • Earned second team Landmark Conference honors
  • Was also named District IV All-Academic by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
  • Scored at least one goal in all 14 games and had two-or-more 11 times, including a season-high of five against King's (March 8) and Ursinus (April 8)
  • Nearly 81 percent of her shot attempts (71 of 88) were on goal
  • Led team in free-position goals (7)
  • Scored two goals in man-down situations
  • Also recorded 17 ground balls, 15 draw controls, and 12 caused turnovers
  • Her 40 goals are tied for the 16th most in a season at Scranton
  • Missed the first two games of her career after suffering an injury in a 12-9 win over Goucher College on April 12 at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Finished sixth in goals per game (2.86) and 14th in points per game (2.93) in the Landmark Conference

Sophomore Year (2013)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 15 games and led the Royals in goals scored with 52 and finished second in total points with 55
  • Was named first-team all-Landmark Conference in a a ballot conducted among the league's head coaches and was named second team Boardwalk Region by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA)
  • Scored at least one goal in all 15 games and had 11 multi-goal games, including a career-high seven-goal effort in a 12-6 victory over Goucher College on April 6 at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Also tallied six goals in a win over Neumann University on March 14 at Fitzpatrick Field and five apiece against Cabrini College (March 16), Montclair St. (March 21), King's College (March 23), and Catholic University (March 28)
  • Scored a team-leading four game-winning goals:  vs. Neumann (March 14), King's (March 23), Goucher, and Elmira (April 16)
  • Finished tied for second on the team with 21 draw controls
  • Converted 12 of 25 free-position shots for goals
  • Her 52 goals is tied for ninth place on the Royals' single-season list
  • Helped out on the defensive end, too, finishing with 11 caused turnovers, which was tied for fourth most on the team
  • Finished seventh in goals scored and eighth in total points in the final Landmark Conference rankings

Freshman Year (2012)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • One of five players to start all 18 games
  • Made a significant contributions to the Royals' 11-win season, the most for the program since 2006, by finishing with 43 goals and five assists for 48 total points
  • Earned second-team all-Landmark Conference honors in a voted conducted among the league's head coaches
  • Led Royals in draw controls (46), finished second in goals, and fourth in total points
  • Accounted for at least one point in all 18 games and scored at least one goal in 17 times, including 12 games with at least two goals
  • Accounted for seven total points (5 goals, 2 assists) in the Royals' 19-4 victory over Misericordia on March 20 and scored five goals in a 22-12 win at New Paltz on March 28
  • Against New Paltz, came down with a season-high 10 draw controls, which set a new Scranton record by breaking the former mark of eight by Liz Baumbach against then FDU-Madison, now FDU-Florham, on April 17, 2001
  • Her 46 draw controls was the fifth highest single-season total in Scranton history
  • Is already tied for 16th place on the Royals' all-time list in draw controls
  • One of her top all-around performances was a 3-goal, 5-ground ball, 5-draw control effort in an 11-10 loss at Drew University on April 21
  • Finished second on the team in free-position goals with nine, including two each in wins over Denison and Goucher on March 15 and March 31, respectively
  • Scored the game-winning goal in a 15-8 win over King's College on March 22 at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Finished ninth in goals per game average (2.39) in the Landmark Conference

High School/Personal

  • Lettered in lacrosse three times, field hockey twice, and swimming once
  • Two-time all-conference selecton
  • Was also named all-county, first-team by the Daily Record, all-region and team most valuble player (MVP)
  • In her senior year, was selected the conference Scholar Athlete of the Year
  • Scored 59 goals and had 14 assists her senior year
  • Scored 31 goals and had 12 assists as a junior and 12 goals and eight assists as a sophomore
  • Finished her career with 102 goals and 34 assists
  • Daughter of Brian and Ann Goss
  • Is a triplet:  her brother, Doug, plays football at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and her brother, Kyle, attends Salisbury University, where he is a member of the men's lacrosse team

Awards & Honors

  • College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) District IV All-Academic Team (2014, 2015)
  • IWLCA Boardwalk Region 2nd-Team Selection (2013, 2015)
  • Landmark Conference 1st-Team Selection (2013, 2015)
  • Landmark Conference 2nd-Team Selection (2012, 2014)
  • Landmark Conference Offensive Athlete of the Week (March 30, 2015; April 6, 2015)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (March 17, 2013)

Statistics

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